Experimental music on the flute. Great topic! today I woke up with a stinker of a cold (been fighting it for days!) and I have a concert tomorrow! So I fear I...
Hi there....I am a new member....been playing the flute for 33 yrs now, and have a degree in music education (even though I majored in percussion...how's THAT...
... Hi there, welcome to this best of all fluty clubs! Yes indeed - this is very much a flute. It's the biggest you can get at the moment: going from flute,...
Oooh dear.. hope the cold gets better soon.. there's a lot of it around at the moment... I seem to be warding it off quite well at the moment - touch wood......
It's that big word again. What motivates you guys? I always wanted to play so that even when I wasn't actually practising I was playing heaps. We all love the...
I suppose my motivation comes from knowing that being a student with a music degree will not get you anywhere in the field of music i want to end up in. If i...
Like Caz, I just love to play - almost anything: I just want to be there and involved (even if it's only turning pages, but rather playing of course!). Many of...
"However in the last year or so i've noticed that pieces that ive practised for months still always have 'hairy' bits that always are rubbish and i can never...
"I just want to be there and involved (even if it's only turning pages, but rather playing of course!)." Definitely!!! My dream came true in a way that I would...
...shame we still have to do so much unpaid work though. I'm all for doing stuff on a charitable basis, and recognise that there would be a lot less music...
Aargh.. That's quite sad that studying music has lost you the will to go on with fulfilling your dreams... I'm not entirely sure that studying music is that...
Aw... keep going with your difficult pupil.. It's always nice to see a young male flautist (not that I have an ulterior motive being a young female flautist).....
... ....I think male wind players in general are a sensitive, appealing bunch. You've reminded me of a "wood-wind romance" in the orchestra I used to play in ...
oh gaawd don't get me started on orchestral romances - the wind section of the aberdeen city youth symphony were such an incestious bunch, by the time i left...
... Indeed - I know people who bear the emotional scars to this very day! ... Yes, and with the brass section only interested in getting drunk, the wind...
Well I am married to a total non-muso! (14 years married - 16 together!) Tried to teach him the saxophone once! Nearly ended up divorced! This man can fly...
Indeed - never give driving lessons to a loved one either - recipe for divorce! ... Can be - I've tried both, and it's miserable when one is doing well, and...
Indeed - v.quiet here at the moment! Everyone very busy? Goood! I just finished the Conservatoire Ensemble tour, and we have two more Tango concert dates this...
Hey guys - just wanted to say hi. I just bought my first handmade flute and love it sooooooo much! Think of me on April 21st - I have my senior recital that...
... Oooooh - a handmade flute? Do tell us more! I for one love to drool over a beautiful instrument (not literally; you know what I mean - I hope!).... What...
I bought a Haynes regular handmade model, and it's soooooooooooooooooo nice - plays wonderfully, too! In my recital, I'm playing Bach's 3rd Sonata, Jacques...
Haynes? Very nice!! That's quite a programme you're playing! How did the recital go? I like the Carmen Fantasy too! Just wanted to pop in and say hello. I have...
I haven't played the recital yet. But yes, quite a program - the Ibert has been kicking me all the way to the moon....hence, dropping the third movement... The...
... Ibert has been kicking me all the way to the moon....hence, dropping the third movement... The recital is a week from this coming Monday. ... Hi all - hope...
I also admit to looking to play easier music really well and musically rather than attempting to impress. Although I do try to find some showy stuff that fits...
Some of you might be interested in knowing about a piece by the British composer David W. Solomons "My Gentle Words" (English text based on a poem by Victor...
hi..I recently bought a flute..and am teaching myself to play..I have a good book..essential elements 2000...and have found some beginners videos free on the...
I have found that the Trevor Wye Practice Books for flute are helpful. I didn't start learning from them, but I bought them after i started college and it has...
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